Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8
मन्त्रे तीर्थे द्विजे देवे दैवज्ञे भेषजे गुरौ । यादृशी भावना यत्र सिद्धिर्भवति तादृशी
mantre tīrthe dvije deve daivajñe bheṣaje gurau | yādṛśī bhāvanā yatra siddhirbhavati tādṛśī
ਮੰਤ੍ਰ ਵਿੱਚ, ਤੀਰਥ ਵਿੱਚ, ਦ੍ਵਿਜ (ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ) ਵਿੱਚ, ਦੇਵਤਾ ਵਿੱਚ, ਦੈਵਜ੍ਞ (ਜੋਤਿਸ਼ੀ) ਵਿੱਚ, ਔਖਧੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਤੇ ਗੁਰੂ ਵਿੱਚ—ਜਿਹੋ ਜਿਹੀ ਭਾਵਨਾ ਜਿੱਥੇ ਹੋਵੇ, ਓਹੋ ਜਿਹੀ ਹੀ ਸਿੱਧੀ ਉੱਥੋਂ ਉਪਜਦੀ ਹੈ।
Sūta
Tirtha: Tīrtha (generic principle)
Type: tirtha
Listener: Ṛṣis (implied)
Scene: A symbolic tableau: seven stations—mantra-japa, a river tīrtha, a brāhmaṇa receiving honor, a deity shrine, an astrologer with charts, a healer with herbs, and a guru teaching—each reflecting the seeker’s inner light or shadow.
FAQs
Bhāvanā (inner attitude and faith) shapes the fruit of spiritual, ritual, and even practical engagements.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse generalizes the principle that tīrtha-benefit depends on one’s bhāvanā.
Approaching mantra, tīrtha, deity, and guru with right bhāvanā/śraddhā is implicitly prescribed as essential for siddhi.